New Looking Coins Being Released That Aren't New At All?

Where? In pocket change? Online? ?

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While searching quarter boxes for W minted quarters, I am seeing/finding a lot of UNC/AU State Quarters and ATB(1999 to present) My thought is that people saved them in folders or other means thinking they would hold additional value and have now spent them for some reason or another

I find good things always around christmas. Also when economic times get hard.

I think it has a lot to do with people and change jars. Nobody thinks about them really and just pitch their coins in there.

Maybe close to Christmas money gets tight and they say"ohh that change jar!" And cash it in. Sometimes the jar is a 5 gallon water bottle and it sits there collecting coins for a decade or more and then they dump it finally because money is tight. That happened in 2009-2012 quite a lot during the recession.

With State Quarters people held on to them. A lot of people but 10 years later they come across them and say "what's it worth?" Oh about the same? Guess I'll stick it in the bank."

Then there's jerk collection robberies that go to coinstar and such also along the way.
It's just change to a jerk.if it's not gold or silver.

Lots of reasons for it happening but the change jar or setting aside something then deciding it wasn't worth it is usually what happens.